Abstract

FERNANDEZ, Silvina et al. Community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST30-SCCmecIVc-spat019-PVL positive in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina. Rev. argent. microbiol. [online]. 2015, vol.47, n.1, pp.50-53. ISSN 1851-7617.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ram.2014.11.002.

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is the first cause of skin and soft tissue infections, but can also produce severe diseases such as bacteremia, osteomyelitis and necrotizing pneumonia. Some S. aureus lineages have been described in cases of necrotizing pneumonia worldwide, usually in young, previously healthy patients. In this work, we describe a fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus clone ST30-SCCmecIVc-spat019-PVL positive in an immunocompetent adult patient.

Keywords : Necrotizing pneumonia; Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; ST30.

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